"Why would anyone wanna limit the spectacle of competition based on gender?" The full official trailer has debuted online for a true story movie called
Queen of the Ring, about one of the pioneering women pro wrestlers in the early days of wrestling. This premiered at the 2024 Buffalo Film Festival last year and has been touring around festivals - with a release set for
March 2025 in a few months. This is the true story of
Mildred Burke, the first ever million dollar female athlete and champion pro-wrestler who pioneered the sport in a time when all girl wrestling was banned in most of America.
Emily Bett Rickards stars in this as Mildred Burke - a small town single mother who embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history. The ensemble cast includes
Josh Lucas,
Francesca Eastwood,
Tyler Posey,
Marie Avgeropoulos,
Adam Demos,
Kelli Berglund,
Damaris Lewis, and others. This is an excellent trailer - packs a punch, features quite a bit of the story but just enough to get your interest and make you want to watch. It's definitely worth a look. //
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